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describes these mountains as extremely rugged, and the
Dalmatae as backward and warlike. He claims that they did not use money long after their neighbours adopted it and that they "made war on the Romans for a long time". He also criticises the Dalmatae, a nation of pastoralists, for turning fertile
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to all the regiment's men, but not to subsequent recruits to the regiment. The regiment, however, would retain the prestigious title in perpetuity. (N.B. Until 212, only a minority of the empire's inhabitants (inc. all
Italians) held full
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could only enlist in the auxilia. Citizenship carried a number of tax and other privileges and was highly sought-after. It could be earned by serving in the auxilia for the minimum 25-year term.
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appear to have been raised after the suppression of the
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for short) was normally awarded by the emperor for valour to an auxiliary regiment as a whole. The award would include the grant of
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plains into sheep pasture. Indeed, the name of the tribe itself is believed to mean "shepherds", derived from the
Illyrian word
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two centuries earlier. But after the war, the
Dalmatae became a loyal and important source of recruits for the Roman army.
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19:Cohors V Delmatarum c.R.
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